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FTSE Licenses Global X For New ETF Linked To FTSE Portugal 20 Index

Date 13/11/2013

• FTSE expands ETF offering with Global X 
• Index tracks performance of the 20 largest Portuguese listed companies
• 104 ETFs tracking a FTSE benchmark in North America

FESE Position On The ESAS Review

Date 13/11/2013

FESE believes that one of the priorities for ESMA to strengthen its role in ensuring supervisory convergence. We support a stronger role in Level 2 as well as improvements to ESMA’s role in ensuring consistent supervision. We also support an improved peer review process, as well as the extension of ESMA’s direct supervision to other entities subject to a clear framework to determine the entities. We support improvements to the ESMA governance structure with respect to the supervisory board and the management board which would have the effect of generating a greater degree of independence. More resources are needed to fulfil ESMA’s mandate in full and also to strengthen ESMA’s independence.

NYSE Liffe Launches 30 Year Ultra Long Gilt Futures

Date 13/11/2013

NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced that it will be launching 30 Year Ultra Long Gilt Futures, in response to customer demand. The new contracts will be available from 25^th November 2013.

SunGard’s Market Data, Trading Network And Cloud Services Chosen To Support ETRE Financial’s New Commercial Real Estate Platform

Date 13/11/2013

ETRE Financial, LLC (“ETRE”), a real estate financial services and technology company, is using SunGard’s MarketMap daily equity market data feed, the SunGard Global Network (SGN) FIX trading network connectivity, and SunGard’s cloud hosting services as key components of ETRE’s recently launched real-time, exchange-traded real estate platform. SunGard’s solutions and services are providing ETRE with the innovative tools needed to launch and grow its end-to-end platform while achieving smarter operations.

Federal Court In California Orders Thomas B. Breen, A Principal Of National Equity Holdings, Inc., To Pay $1.75 Million To Settle Fraud Charges In CFTC Action

Date 13/11/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court Order against a principal of National Equity Holdings, Inc. (National Equity), Thomas B. Breen, of Orange County, California, requiring Breen to jointly pay restitution to defrauded customers in accordance with a restitution Order set in a related criminal action of $1,059,096, and imposes a civil monetary penalty of $700,000 against Breen, as well as permanent trading and registration bans.

Finansinspektionen (FI) Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority: Decision Regarding The Discount Rate For Insurance

Date 13/11/2013

Finansinspektionen (FI) has enacted new rules for calculating the discount rates to be used by insurance companies for calculating technical provisions. The rules mainly affect life insurance companies and insurance companies that provide life and disability annuities. Occupational pension funds will also be able to use the new method.

Finansinspektionen (FI) Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority: Mangold Receives A Warning And Must Pay An Administrative Fine Of SEK 6 Million

Date 13/11/2013

Mangold Fondkommission AB has been in violation of several central customer protection regulations and it has had serious deficiencies in its internal governance and control. The company is therefore receiving a warning and an administrative fine of SEK 6 million.

NASDAQ OMX Launches Fourteen New Indexes In The NASDAQ Newfound Index Family

Date 13/11/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has introduced fourteen new indexes in the NASDAQ^® Newfound^™ Index Family.

Deutsche Boerse: Subscription Launch Of PORR Bond

Date 13/11/2013

PORR AG is planning to list a corporate bond in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The bond with the ISIN DE000A1HSNV2 can be subscribed from today until 22 November, subject to early termination of subscription. It has an issue volume of up to €50 million, runs until November 2018 and has an interest rate of 6.25 percent. Its nominal denomination is €1,000.

IntercontinentalExchange Completes Acquisition Of NYSE Euronext - Creates The Leading Network Of Global Derivatives And Equity Exchanges - Focused On Driving Benefits For Markets And Shareholders

Date 13/11/2013

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX). The stock-and-cash transaction has a total value of approximately $11 billion.  The combination creates the premier operator of global exchanges diversified across a range of asset classes spanning interest rates, equities and equity derivatives, credit derivatives, bonds, foreign exchange, energy, metals and agricultural commodities.